Administration

  • Director of the Graduate Program, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, (MCAD), 1999. Negotiated and managed budgets, recruited mentors and students, coordinated admissions reviews, developed curriculum, supervised MFA exhibition.
  • Chair, Media Arts Division MCAD, fall semester, 1989 and 1997-98. Negotiated and managed budgets, scheduled classes, supervised review processes, defined search criteria and interviewed potential teaching staff.
  • Convener, Faculty Senate, MCAD, 1994 to 1997. Led faculty of sixty people. Liaison between faculty and administration, worked closely with senior administrators, participated in planning retreats and cabinet meetings, proposed and reviewed innovations in academic evaluation, assessment, pedagogy and technology, including online education and co-operative learning.
  • Mediator, Minneapolis Mediation Program, 1994 to present. Serve as a volunteer mediator, guiding parties in alternative dispute resolution in community mediations, housing court and conciliation court.

Employment

  • Freelance Producer & Consultant, Careful Research, video/DVD production, 2001-present
    Clients include: in St Paul: Double O Productions; The Mary Hanson Show, TPT; in Minneapolis: Minnesota International Health Volunteers; Hennepin County Medical Center; Sylvan Learning Corporation; Laughlin & Associates; Walden University, in New York: Stepsister Productions.
  • Instructor, Independent Feature Project North, 16mm filmmaking, Fall, 2003.
  • Adjunct Faculty, St Cloud State University, Department of Theatre, Film Studies and Dance, 2002-2003.
  • Professor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1978 to 2002.
    -----------Interim Director, Graduate Program, 1999.
    -----------Interim Chair, Media Arts Division, Fall semester, 1989, and 1997-98.
  • Administrative Assistant, Media Equipment Resource Center, Young Filmakers, Inc., New York, NY, 1977-78.
  • Teaching Assistant in art and film studies, Universities of California at Santa Cruz and San Diego 1972-77.
  • Teaching Aide and Substitute teacher, Santa Cruz City Schools, 197O-73.
  • Editorial Assistant, "The Whole Earth Catalog," Menlo Park, CA, 1969.
  • Assistant Film Editor, Ealing Films, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., 1967.

Education

Grants and Awards

  • Two Bush Foundation WANDA Grants for writing across the curriculum, 1993.
  • Travel and Study Grant, Jerome, Dayton-Hudson, General Mills Foundations, 1992
  • Film In The Cities Project Grant, funded by the Jerome Foundation, 1991.
  • Film print purchased by Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1990.
  • First Prize, Experimental Short, USA Film Festival, Dallas, 1989.
  • Honorable Mention, Bucks County Film Festival, 1989.
  • Included in Parabola Arts Foundation brochure, "Current Avant Garde Films 4," 1989.
  • Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship Grant, 1987.
  • Film In The Cities Project Grant, funded by the Jerome Foundation, 1981.
  • Faculty Enrichment Grants, MCAD, 1989, 1981, 1979.

Selected Exhibitions

Juries, Workshops, Presentations, Publications

  • Juror, Minneapolis - St Paul International Film Festival, March 1999.
  • Respondent: University Film and Video Association National Conference, 1988, 1998.
  • Presentor, Intermedia Arts workshop for Educators, Summer Institute, 1995.1989.
  • Instructor, workshop: Non-Linear Video Editing on the Mac, MCAD 1995.
  • Juror, Minnesota Film and Video Showcase, Walker Art Center, 1992.
  • Selection Committee, Parabola Art Foundation, NY, 1989, 199O.
  • Panelist, NAMAC conference, Rochester, NY 1989.
  • Juror, Michigan Arts Council, Detroit, 1984.
  • Articles published in “Lightstruck,” Experimental Film Coalition, Chicago, 1985-9O.

Service to the Profession

  • Co-curated “Lifestories,” photography and video exhibition, MCAD gallery, 1986. Programmed ”Films by Women,” series shown as part of the exhibition.
  • Coordinated Volunteers for the Senior All Night Celebration, Minneapolis South High School, 2003. Recruited and scheduled 60 volunteers.
  • Planning Committee, NAMAC national conference, Minneapolis, 2000
  • Intermedia Arts Video Archive Project, Minneapolis, 1993-97

Service in the Community

  • Counselor, Career Center, Minneapolis South High School, 2002-2003 Community Neighborhood Advisory Committee, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1997-2002.
  • PTSO Meeting Chair, Seward Montessori School, Minneapolis, 1994-5
  • Coordinated Net Day, Seward Montessori School, Minneapolis, 1996. Site Based Management Team, Seward Montessori School, Minneapolis, 1994-5
  • School Committee, Friends School of Minnesota, 1990-92. Board Member, Whittier Community Development Corporation, 1987-9O.

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Telephone 323.663.1123.
  • Please call or E-Mail for street address, if required.
  • References available on request.
  • Curriculum Vitae available on request.
Sandy Maliga — December, 2004.